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覷

简觑 · 繁覷

Mandarin · pinyin qù

to spy
watch for

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覷: Look up this written character
觑: qù · peep at; watch, spy on

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(literary or Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to peep; to spy on
(literary or Northern Min, Eastern Min) to look
(Northern Min) to visit (someone who cannot be easily seen)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to try to look with bad vision
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to squint as if one has nearsightedness

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(colloquial) to squint while looking closely at something

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